Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 2818
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; multi-functional nanomaterials and nanocomposites; electrospun nanofiber mats; hydrogels; bioinks
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Interests: nanomaterials; polymer; sensor; tissue engineering; bio-imaging; smart leather
Interests: bionanomaterials and nanocomposites; electrospun nanofibers; bionanosensor; biomedical applications; toxicity; gas sensing
Interests: nanobiomaterials; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; 3D bioprinting; cells/tissues/organs-on-chips; medical devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
The design, fabrication, and biomedical applications of bioactive polymers represent one of the developing fields of science. The knowledge of tailoring polymers has allowed researchers to produce numerous multi-functional biomaterials and find diverse biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, bioimaging, tissue engineering, etc. The insights into the nano- or micro-level changes, such as molecular bond arrangement and morphology, provide information about macroscopic properties of polymeric materials, such as shape, color, and functionality, which determine cell–biomaterial interaction and biocompatibility. Smart polymers are sensitive to external environments, including chemicals, light, temperature, and magnetic or electrical fields. Due to the emerging technologies, biocompatible polymers have been fabricated in different forms, such as thin film, nanoparticles, composites, hydrogel, nanofiber mat, 3D-printed gel, and organs-on-chips.
The present Special Issue welcomes contributions in the form of articles, reviews, or communication on the broad topic of design and fabrication of advanced functional polymeric materials for diverse biomedical applications.
Dr. Iruthaya Pandi Selestin Raja
Dr. Mohan Vedhanayagam
Dr. Rajan Ramachandran
Prof. Dr. Dong-Wook Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- nanomaterials and nanocomposite
- biofabrication
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
- bioimaging
- biosensors
- stimuli-responsive polymers
- cell-biomaterial interaction
- cell biocompatibility
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